Haiti, Gang and Amnesty International

Haitian Children Forced Into Gangs and Sexual Violence Amid Crisis, Amnesty International Finds in New Report
The organization found that 30% to 50% of gang members are now children, with many coerced into joining due to hunger or fear
Amnesty International details gruesome impact of gang violence on children in Haiti
Haiti’s children are increasingly caught in the crossfire of gang violence, forced to carry weapons, spy on police and rival gangs and run errands for gunmen, according to a report released Wednesday by Amnesty International.
Women This Week: New Report Outlines Staggering Impact of Gangs on Children in Haiti
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Children in Haiti subjected to brutal gang violence, report says
At least 5,600 people were killed in Haiti in 2024, an increase of more than 1,000 from the previous year. Another 2,212 people were injured and 1,494 kidnapped. View on euronews
The impact of gang violence on kids in Haiti
Warning: Some details of this report may be disturbing. A new Amnesty International report shows the harrowing effect gang violence has had on children in Haiti. Miami Herald Caribbean correspondent Jacqueline Charles joins "The Daily Report" to discuss its impact.
Children in Haiti falling prey to gruesome gang violence: Amnesty
Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children and targeting them with violence and sexual assault, Amnesty International said in a report detailing the effects of the long-running civil unrest ravaging the Caribbean nation.
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US has frozen some funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti, UN says
The United Nations says that the U.S. has given notice that it is halting funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked ...
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As gangs prepare to attack Haiti’s capital, U.S. freezes critical aid for security mission
As hundreds of armed gang members, entrenched in the hills above Haiti’s capital, await orders to attack the last ...
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Gangs attack a neighborhood in Haiti that’s home to the country’s elite
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Heavily armed gangs in Haiti have attacked a neighborhood that’s home to most of the country’s elite and ...
US freezes some funding for security mission tackling Haiti's gangs
More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen ...
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Soldiers from El Salvador join U.N.-backed mission in Haiti to combat gang violence
Seventy soldiers from El Salvador arrived in Haiti on Tuesday to support a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenyan police to help ...
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Haiti is becoming a failed state but it can still be saved
Only a few hours from Florida, Haiti is descending into a failed state. This alarming situation poses significant risks to United States national security but also presents an opportunity for the ...
Haitian childhoods stolen by gangs and impunity
Armed groups operating in Port-au-Prince have 'undermined a myriad of children's human rights,' according to a new report by ...
Haiti's shuttered main public hospital is set on fire in latest attack on the institution
Haiti's main public hospital, which remains shuttered after multiple gang attacks, has been set on fire in the latest blow to one the country's largest health institutions.